Science Week

The corridors and playground were buzzing with excitement and enthusiasm for Science Week 2023! Lily and Aisling, our STEM leaders, kicked off the week with an assembly about the importance of science, highlighting some interesting and unusual jobs in the field and explaining the fun activities they had organised for Prep children to get involved in. With over 200 entries to the challenges, it was evident the week was a huge success, with many children inspired to take part. The fun included paper airplane flying, a crime-solving treasure hunt to find the name of the person who had committed the most heinous crime of stealing Mrs Bates’ goldfish, stomp rocket target practice, and paper boat sinking! Special gold science medals were handed out to the winners of each category.

STEM club pupils also finished building their individual solar-powered robots this week, incorporating some complex gear systems and fiddly designs. They were so proud watching their creations on their first trial run.

We are now looking forward to Upton’s first Flower Show next term and would love to encourage all of the Prep children to take part!